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Abbreviations


aw

Water activity

BAM

Bacteriological Analytical Manual (USFDA)

BfR

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Germany)

BHI

Brain Heart Infusion

BPW

Buffered peptone water

BSI

Bloodstream infection

CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CCFH

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

CCNFSDU

Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses

CCP

Critical control point

cfu

Colony forming unit

EE

Enterobacteriaceae enrichment

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FSMP

Formula for special medical purposes

g

Gram(s)

GHP

Good hygienic practice

GMP

Good manufacturing practice

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (System)

HEPA

High efficiency particle air

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

JEMRA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment

LBW

Low birth weight

MPN

Most probable number

MRA

Microbiological risk assessment

NEC

Necrotizing enterocolitis

NGO

Non-governmental organization

PC

Contamination from the infant formula

PE

Contamination from the environment

PFGE

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

PIF

Powdered infant formula

RAPD

Random amplified polymorphic DNA

RCP

Recommended Code of Practice

RIVM

National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (the Netherlands)

SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome

TTC

Time to consumption

ULPA

Ultra low particle air

USFDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

VHPSS

Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme

VLBW

Very low birth weight

VRBG

Violet red bile glucose

WHO

World Health Organization


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